MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM documentation

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This repository from which these pages are built is no longer maintained or updated. As of 2024-04-19, the documentation of the MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM global model is included within the documentation of the message-ix-models package, at https://docs.messageix.org/projects/models/en/latest/global, and edited to align with the code in that package.

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These pages document the IIASA Integrated Assessment Modeling (IAM) framework, also referred to as MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM, owing to the fact that the energy model MESSAGEix and the land use model GLOBIOM are its most important components. MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM was developed for the quantification of the so-called Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs) which are the first application of the IAM framework.

When referring to MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM as described in this document, please use the following citations: [1]

  • V. Krey, P. Havlik, P. N. Kishimoto, O. Fricko, J. Zilliacus, M. Gidden, M. Strubegger, G. Kartasasmita, T. Ermolieva, N. Forsell, M. Gusti, N. Johnson, J. Kikstra, G. Kindermann, P. Kolp, F. Lovat, D. L. McCollum, J. Min, S. Pachauri, Parkinson S. C., S. Rao, J. Rogelj, H. and Ünlü, G. Valin, P. Wagner, B. Zakeri, M. Obersteiner, and K. Riahi. MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM Documentation – 2020 release. Technical Report, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, 2020. URL: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/17115, doi:10.22022/iacc/03-2021.17115.

  • O. Fricko, P. Havlik, J. Rogelj, Z. Klimont, M. Gusti, N. Johnson, P. Kolp, M. Strubegger, H. Valin, M. Amann, T. Ermolieva, N. Forsell, M. Herrero, C. Heyes, G. Kindermann, V. Krey, D. L. McCollum, M. Obersteiner, S. Pachauri, S. Rao, E. Schmid, W. Schoepp, and K. Riahi. The marker quantification of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2: A middle-of-the-road scenario for the 21st century. Global Environmental Change, 42:251–267, 2017. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.06.004.

The MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM Integrated Assessment Model is based on the MESSAGEix framework, an open-source energy systems optimization modelling environment including macro-economic feedback using a stylized computable general equilibrium model. When referring to the software underpinning MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM rather than the data or specific assessments, please see the “User guidelines and notice” section of the documentation, which indicates to use at least the following citation:

We thank Edward Byers, Jessica Jewell, Ruslana Palatnik, Narasimha D. Rao, and Fabio Sferra for their valuable comments that helped improving this manuscript.